Push

2019

Sweden

1h 32min

Directed by: Fredrik Gertten

Language: English, Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, French

UK release: 28 February 2020

Documentary about Leilani Farha, who investigates the impact of gentrification on ordinary city dwellers. The takeaway is simple: tomorrow’s cities may not survive without actual people living in them, and the silence of those most responsible for the crisis might prompt audiences to ask a few questions of their own.

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An inspiring, housing-related crusade is the subject of Fredrik Gertten's well-argued documentary

The right to housing is an expansive topic, but Swedish writer-director Fredrik Gertten's globetrotting film wisely zeroes in on the one-woman crusade of personable Canadian Leilani Farha. Previously an advocate for the homeless, Farha reports to the…